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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Colorado.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Colorado.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91200 | 0.935 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 7000 | 88600 | 0.9209 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | CUNY City College | 8200 | 31200 | 0.7373 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 12 | Princeton University | 8400 | 81800 | 0.8972 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 93000 | 0.8733 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95000 | 0.8706 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 12400 | 34000 | 0.6348 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13200 | 24400 | 0.4595 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 29 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 13900 | 23300 | 0.4034 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.437 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5197 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 23600 | 0.4023 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | Bowdoin College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8423 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 37 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3946 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 40 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 31300 | 0.5372 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14700 | 24900 | 0.409 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 44 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 85700 | 0.8184 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3916 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 46 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 48 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 49 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16200 | 24900 | 0.3489 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 51 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16600 | 53300 | 0.6889 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 53 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 54 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17000 | 87300 | 0.805 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 54 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3702 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3426 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 57 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 58 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3491 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | University of Maine | 18000 | 29000 | 0.3797 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 62 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 62 | University of Louisville | 18100 | 29100 | 0.3784 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 64 | University of California-Irvine | 18900 | 35300 | 0.4651 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 65 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 29200 | 0.3463 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 68 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 69 | Youngstown State University | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3341 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 70 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19600 | 24500 | 0.1996 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 71 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 72 | Wayne State University | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3875 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 26300 | 0.243 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 77 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 78 | Arapahoe Community College | 20800 | 34000 | 0.3877 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 79 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20900 | 69400 | 0.6992 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38100 | 0.451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | Western Michigan University | 20900 | 32300 | 0.353 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2211 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 84 | University of Rochester | 21300 | 93100 | 0.7714 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 86 | Cleveland State University | 21500 | 30900 | 0.3038 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 86 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 88 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 89 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 23000 | 78100 | 0.7056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 91 | University of Colorado Boulder | 23300 | 30600 | 0.2388 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 93 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 94 | Hendrix College | 23800 | 51900 | 0.5416 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 95 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 96 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24200 | 71600 | 0.6623 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 97 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0771 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 98 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 27200 | 0.0844 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 98 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24900 | 32200 | 0.2266 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 100 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 103 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52300 | 0.5161 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 104 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 104 | University of Kansas | 25800 | 42000 | 0.3852 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 106 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 107 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 108 | University of Arizona | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2895 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 109 | Lamar University | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2862 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 109 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 111 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | University of Tulsa | 28000 | 62700 | 0.5537 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 114 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 116 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28200 | 36700 | 0.232 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 118 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2419 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 118 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 118 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 121 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29100 | 55800 | 0.4786 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29700 | 45200 | 0.343 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 124 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 125 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 126 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 127 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 128 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 128 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 130 | Michigan Technological University | 30500 | 34700 | 0.1211 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 132 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 133 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 134 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 135 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 136 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36400 | 0.1235 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 136 | Rider University | 31900 | 64300 | 0.5037 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 138 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 138 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 140 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 32300 | 39500 | 0.1825 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 141 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 142 | Widener University | 32600 | 75300 | 0.5668 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 143 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 144 | University of Dayton | 33000 | 64100 | 0.4852 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 145 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33200 | 54600 | 0.3917 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 146 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 147 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 35100 | 0.0256 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 148 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 149 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 150 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 151 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35400 | 49600 | 0.2861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 152 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 153 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 154 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 156 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 156 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 158 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 159 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 159 | University of New Haven | 38500 | 64900 | 0.4065 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 161 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 162 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 164 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 165 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40900 | 56700 | 0.2787 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43900 | 50300 | 0.1273 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 173 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 176 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48500 | 85700 | 0.4339 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 177 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 178 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 179 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 179 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 81000 | 0.3776 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 181 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 181 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52700 | 56100 | 0.0602 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 186 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 58900 | 0.1031 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 187 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58800 | 60900 | 0.0341 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 192 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.